Re: [wg-c] voting on TLDs

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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On 06-Mar-2000 Dave Crocker wrote:
> At 09:39 PM 3/5/2000 -0800, Mark C. Langston wrote:
>>That's odd.  Until someone went and got Paul Vixie to state that
>>adding a large number of new TLDs would pose no technical problem, the
>>arguments here were about instability rooted in technical issues.
>>Now that that argument is untenable, it's shifted to the unprovable
>>claim that adding new registries will break things.
> 
> Your assessment of history is thoroughly inaccurate.

No, it's not.  But a nice way to try and dismiss it without refuting it.  He is
spot on, Dave.
 
> 
>>You say that we have no evidence that a flood of new, inexperienced
>>registry admins will provide stable service.  Well, we have no
>>evidence to the contrary.  We do, however, have more than ample proof
>>that administrative instability has not damaged the Internet.  If you
>>need any examples, witness the bulk of current and past registrars.
>>Look at NSI.  The net routes around trouble; it doesn't come crashing
> 
> Indeed, please DO look at NSI.  Their history ain't nearly as wonderful as 
> you seem to believe.

I think that is exactly what he meant, the net has not destabilized.  There are
currently over 240 registries operating, and with various types of management
models and with a lot of variance in their operating structure.  There have
been problems that have resulted in entire TLDs not being able to be resolved
for several hours.  But the net has not destabilized.  Indeed, they were minor
inconvienances, and lessons learned the hard way.  In nearly every case, these
problems resulted in a change in operations to make sure it never happened
again.

The fact is that you have no evidence to support your position, and you've been
called on it before as well.

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